SNCB Class 41
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Class 41 DMUS are the standard train for Belgian internal workings which cannot be worked by EMU
s. They work under the 25kV electrification in the south of Belgium as well as on the non electrified lines in the north.
Electric multiple unit
An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number of the carriages...
s. They work under the 25kV electrification in the south of Belgium as well as on the non electrified lines in the north.
Lines operated
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